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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL APPEAL No. - 1096 of 2025 Court No. - 75 HON'BLE SAMIT GOPAL, J.
1. List revised.
2. Heard Sri Jitendra Singh, Advocate holding brief of Sri Bhuvnesh Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the appellant and Sri Birendra Pratap Singh, learned counsel for the State/O.P. No.1 and perused the record.
3. Notice issued to the opposite party no.2 vide order dated 17.02.2025 has been served personally as per office report dated 24.03.2025. Despite service of notice no one appears on behalf of opposite party no.2 even in the revised list.
4. This criminal appeal under Section 14A(2) of SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 has been filed by the appellant Kapil Kumar, with the prayer to allow the appeal and quashing the impugned order dated 06.12.2024 passed by learned Special Judge, SC/ST (P.A. Act), Bijnor, in Session Trial No. 1727 of 2024 as Case Crime No. 308 of 2024, under Section 115(2), 351(3), 352 BNS and Section 3(1)5-Ka of SC/ST Act, P.S. Noorpur, District Bijnor and with a further prayer to release the appellant in anticipatory bail in the aforesaid case.
5. At the very outset, learned counsel for the appellant submits that the present appeal U/s 14A(2) of SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act be dismissed as infructuous.
6. Prayer is allowed.
7. The appeal is dismissed as infructuous. May 5, 2026 M. ARIF Versus Counsel for Appellant(s) : Bhuvnesh Kumar Singh, Niraj Kumar Shukla Counsel for Respondent(s) : G.A. (Samit Gopal,J.) Kapil Kumar .....Appellant(s) State of U.P. and Another .....Respondent(s) Digitally signed by :- MOHAMMAD ARIF High Court of Judicature at Allahabad